TY - JOUR
T1 - Negative pressure therapy for infected sternal wounds
T2 - a literature review.
AU - Verrillo, Sue Carol
PY - 2004/1/1
Y1 - 2004/1/1
N2 - Sternal wound infections after cardiac surgery are infrequent yet serious complications for patients. Currently, there is no standardized approach to wound management once an infection occurs. Negative pressure therapy has shown some promising results in treating these wounds. The physiology of wound healing suggests that negative pressure therapy increases granulation and epithelialization in the patient's wound bed, which decreases the patient's healing time and pain, length of stay in the hospital, and cost of treating the infected sternal wound. Negative pressure therapy has been used in various wound types, but experimental research on sternal wound healing is limited. The purposes of this literature review are to summarize the significant findings of existing research on this issue and to suggest where further research is needed. To help ensure that care is based on the best evidence, future research should include the patient outcomes of healing time, length of stay, pain, and cost.
AB - Sternal wound infections after cardiac surgery are infrequent yet serious complications for patients. Currently, there is no standardized approach to wound management once an infection occurs. Negative pressure therapy has shown some promising results in treating these wounds. The physiology of wound healing suggests that negative pressure therapy increases granulation and epithelialization in the patient's wound bed, which decreases the patient's healing time and pain, length of stay in the hospital, and cost of treating the infected sternal wound. Negative pressure therapy has been used in various wound types, but experimental research on sternal wound healing is limited. The purposes of this literature review are to summarize the significant findings of existing research on this issue and to suggest where further research is needed. To help ensure that care is based on the best evidence, future research should include the patient outcomes of healing time, length of stay, pain, and cost.
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U2 - 10.1097/00152192-200403000-00006
DO - 10.1097/00152192-200403000-00006
M3 - Review article
C2 - 15209429
AN - SCOPUS:3042847366
SN - 1071-5754
VL - 31
SP - 72
EP - 74
JO - Journal of wound, ostomy, and continence nursing : official publication of The Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nurses Society / WOCN
JF - Journal of wound, ostomy, and continence nursing : official publication of The Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nurses Society / WOCN
IS - 2
ER -